設せっ置ち

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

establishment; setting up; institution

Used for formally setting up an organization, committee, office, system, or facility. Common in administrative, legal, and news contexts.

政せい府ふは新あたらしい審しん議ぎ会かいを設せっ置ちした。
The government established a new advisory council.

住じゅう民みんは第だい三さん者しゃ委い員いん会かいの設せっ置ちを求もとめた。

The residents called for the establishment of an independent committee.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

installation; setting up equipment

Used for installing or setting up machines, devices, equipment, and similar fixtures. More formal and technical than simply 置く.

駅えきの入いり口ぐちに防ぼう犯はんカメラを設せっ置ちした。
Security cameras were installed at the station entrance.
業ぎょう者しゃにエアコンの設せっ置ちを頼たのんだ。
I asked a contractor to install the air conditioner.

Kanji

設establishment, provision, prepare
置placement, put, set

Similar words

設せつ立りつ
Used especially for founding companies, organizations, schools, and institutions; 設置 is broader and can also refer to setting up committees, offices, systems, or equipment.
開かい設せつ
Means opening or starting a service, account, website, course, or facility; 設置 emphasizes formally placing or establishing something.
取とり付つけ
A more concrete word for physically attaching or mounting equipment or parts; 設置 is more formal and can include the whole act of installing or setting up.
置おく
The everyday verb for putting or placing something; 設置する is more formal and is used for equipment, facilities, or official arrangements.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 設, associated with setting up or providing, and 置, associated with putting or placing. The spelling transparently matches the meanings of establishing something or putting equipment in place.